Despite the endless demands of George Bush to turn the Iranian nuclear program , Tehran suddenly turned to leading European countries with a request to technically support the Iranians in their developments, the French publication Observateur writes on Wednesday with reference to the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph .

More than half a thousand military personnel of the Belarusian Armed Forces were involved in the aid of agricultural enterprises in the country to clean the record crop. This year he should amount to 6.5 - 7 million tons of grain. To date, a third of the breads have been removed, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus said today. About 270 units of cargo and almost 50 units of special equipment were also sent to the harvest from units and units.

The Iranian Ministry of Defense conducted a new test of the Middle Radius of Shihab-3 on Wednesday, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to Iranian television. Earlier, the Minister of Defense of the Islamic Republic, Admiral Ali Shamhani, said that Iranian experts are working on the improvement of the rocket, in particular on increasing the range of its flight and increasing the accuracy of hitting the target.

In Noginsk near Moscow, in his apartment in Ruzsky Lane, the acting was killed the day before The General Director of the Main Scientific Research Center of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Tax and Duties Vladimir Bondarenko. According to the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, Bondarenko died from a single shot in the head. The version of suicide disappeared immediately, since there were no firearms in the apartment.

Eight people were detained on suspicion of involvement in Tuesday in Istanbul . This was reported on Wednesday by AP with reference to a source in the Turkish police, who asked not to indicate his name. All suspects are associated with Kurdish separatists, the Turkish authorities say, RIA Novosti reports.

The Moscow Arbitration Court announced a break until August 17, in the consideration of the Yukos statement regarding the actions of the bailiffs, who refused to provide Yukos with the debts of 20% of Sibneft shares belonging to the company. According to RIA Novosti , the break is announced so that the bailiff Irina Solovyova appear in the next meeting. In addition, the court ordered the MNS and the bailiffs to provide reviews for the Yukos statement.

Record oil prices preserved in the world can be a market reaction to the war in Iraq and the situation around Yukos. This is stated in the short -term energy forecast, which is prepared in the structure of the US Department of Energy by the Federal Administration for Energy Information, which is widespread in Washington in Washington.

One of the banks of Dubai issued the first plastic credit card in the country, intended exclusively for women, RIA Novosti reports. According to the bank, its step meets the needs of the growing number of customers of the environment of financially independent women. Given the specifics of women's expenses, the card provides its owners with a discount of 10% to 30% when calculating in restaurants, jewelry, hairdressers, beauty salons, in general - in 14 areas of trade and services.

Three tourists from St. Petersburg, allegedly disappeared in the Elbrusya area, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry said on Wednesday. "On Wednesday, two tourists from St. Petersburg turned to the Elbrusian search and rescue service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and reported that three of their comrades, who had to climb in the area of ​​the Mount of OSB, did not return to the appointed deadline," the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies said.

The American Google, which owns the most visited search site in the United States, said that on Thursday it would finish registering potential investors planning to participate in the IPO - the initial placement of the company's shares.

The famous character of Disney cartoons Donald Duck became the owner of an honorary star on the stars in Los Angeles. Donald Duck received the 2257th star on the Alley of Glory. The head of Disney , Michael Azer, said: "He pleased and amused a huge number of people around the world with his charm and explosive character." For the first time, the world saw Donald Daka on June 9, 1934 in the cartoon "Smart Kurochka".

In Iraq, the head of the bureau of the Iranian State Agency of IRNA and three Iraqi journalists who collaborated with him were arrested. According to the France Presse agency with reference to the information of the IRNA agency itself, the arrested Iranian - Mustafa Darban - worked in Iraq since May 27. “The local police arrested three of our colleagues in Iraq,” said Hassan Lavazani, director of the Iranian State Agency of Iranian Agency, Reuters reports.

Women suffer from stress much more than men, since they work in the field of social activity that is associated with nervous strain. In addition, women are much more often than men from discrimination. This conclusion was reached by British experts from the Office for Hygiene and Labor Protection, writes The Independent newspaper on Wednesday.

The relay of Olympic fire, which completes its round -the -world trip in the homeland of Olympiads, went on Wednesday to the capital of Greece - Athena. The torch of the Olympic fire began the movement from the Marathon town about 40 kilometers from the center of Athens and about noon should arrive in the northern suburbs of the city. The relay route in the last days of its holding is very whimsical.

There are 476 athletes in the Russian Olympic team at the Athens Olympics. Only the US team has more athletes. This is explained by the fact that American representatives of team sports performed better in the preliminary competitions. In total, the official Russian delegation to the Athens Olympics includes 1,200 people, said Vladimir Loginov, vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee.